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soon as dog is able to swallow give Valentine's 

 meat juice with water, alternately with milk and 

 brandy, later small quantities of scraped lean raw 

 meat. 



In the third instance, viz., fainting as the 

 result of shock, without haemorrhage, it is 

 certainly difficult at first to know whether there 

 is any internal bleeding or not going on, but in 

 the absence of this the dog soon recovers. 

 Brandy should be given as previously recom- 

 mended, and smelling salts held to the nose. 



False Conception : Bitches sometimes after 

 being properly served, though not in pup, become 

 big and hard, and behave in every respect as if 

 they were going to have a large litter, and at the 

 end of the period of the supposed gestation, 

 nothing but a little discharge comes away, and 

 the bitch gradually gets smaller. There is an 

 accumulation of milk, but this is a common 

 occurrence seven or eight weeks after heat, even 

 in maiden bitches. 



Favus (Form of Ringworm : 



Symptoms : This is a form of ringworm which 

 dogs often suffer from. It is frequently caught 

 from rats. It is recognised by circular patches 

 covered with yellow sulphur-coloured crusts. As 

 a rule, there is not much irritation of the skin, but 

 the disease is very contagious, even to people. 



Treatment : The part should be painted daily 

 with sulphurated calcium lotion. The lotion 

 should not only be applied to the parts, but 

 half an inch round the outer circumference of 

 the patch. This should be continued for about a 



